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Kava
Ka′va
,Noun.
[Polynesian.]
(Bot.)
A species of
Macropiper
(Macropiper methysticum
), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself. [Written also
kawa
, kava
, and ava
.] Definition 2024
kava
kava
English
Noun
kava (countable and uncountable, plural kavas)
- A plant from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum.
- An intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.
Translations
the plant Piper methysticum
intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkava/
- Hyphenation: ka‧va
Adjective
kava (accusative singular kavan, plural kavaj, accusative plural kavajn)
Faroese
Pronunciation
- Homophone: kavað
Verb
kava (third person singular past indicative kavaði, third person plural past indicative kavað, supine kavað)
Conjugation
| v-30 | ||||
| infinitive | kava | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | kavandi | |||
| past participle a6 | kavaður | |||
| supine | kavað | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
| present | kavi | kavar | kavar | kava |
| past | kavaði | kavaði | kavaði | kavaðu |
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
| present | — | kava! | — | kavið! |
Finnish
Noun
kava
- A spokeshave.
Declension
| Inflection of kava (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kava | kavat | |
| genitive | kavan | kavojen | |
| partitive | kavaa | kavoja | |
| illative | kavaan | kavoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kava | kavat | |
| accusative | nom. | kava | kavat |
| gen. | kavan | ||
| genitive | kavan | kavojen kavainrare |
|
| partitive | kavaa | kavoja | |
| inessive | kavassa | kavoissa | |
| elative | kavasta | kavoista | |
| illative | kavaan | kavoihin | |
| adessive | kavalla | kavoilla | |
| ablative | kavalta | kavoilta | |
| allative | kavalle | kavoille | |
| essive | kavana | kavoina | |
| translative | kavaksi | kavoiksi | |
| instructive | — | kavoin | |
| abessive | kavatta | kavoitta | |
| comitative | — | kavoineen | |
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâːʋa/
- Hyphenation: ka‧va
Noun
kȃva f (Cyrillic spelling ка̑ва)
Declension
Declension of kava